(Louisville, Ky.) Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E), a member of the E.ON AG (NYSE: EON; Frankfurt: EOA) family of companies, today announced regular dividends on the three series of the company's preferred stock.

The LG&E dividends are payable January 17, 2006, to shareholders of record on December 31, 2005.

• 31.25 cents per share on the 5 percent cumulative preferred stock, $25 par value
• $1.46875 per share on the $5.875 cumulative preferred stock (without par value)
• $1.10 per share ($1,100.00 per Unit) on the preferred stock, Auction Series A (without par value)

E.ON U.S., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is a subsidiary of E.ON A.G., the world's largest investor-owned energy services provider. E.ON U.S. is a diversified energy services company that owns and operates Louisville Gas and Electric Company, a regulated utility that serves 318,000 natural gas and 390,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties, and Kentucky Utilities Company, a regulated electric utility in Lexington, Ky., that serves 518,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia.